變身

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See also: 变身 and 変身

Chinese

to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
trad. (變身) 變 身
simp. (变身) 变 身

Pronunciation

Noun

變身

  1. change of one's body into something else (frequently used in fiction and media, as the magical transforming of heroes: Superman, Transformer, etc.)
    1. complete change of one's appearance
    2. metamorphosis or transformation into something else
  2. body so transformed

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (變身):
  • → Japanese: 変身(へんしん) (henshin)
  • → Korean: 변신(變身) (byeonsin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變 身
へん
Hyōgai 		しん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 變身 – see the following entry.
【変身へんしん】
a transformation of one's appearance
shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form
an appearance or body so transformed
(fiction) Transform!
to transform one's appearance
to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form
(This term, 變身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
變身

Noun

變身 • (byeonsin) (hangeul 변신)

  1. hanja form? of 변신 (“transformation”)
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